2027 Residency Program for New York State Artists & Writers

Each year, the Saltonstall Foundation awards free, stipend-supported residencies to artists and writers who are residents of New York State and Indian Nations therein. We support individual artists and writers working in the following disciplines:

• Poetry

• Fiction

• Photography & Filmmaking

• Painting | Sculpture | Visual Arts

LOCATION: Saltonstall is located eight miles east of Ithaca, New York on the traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ' Nation (generally known as the Cayuga Nation) one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. While Ithaca is a short 15-minute drive away, the residency is located in a rural neighborhood.

A Saltonstall residency is a small community. We strive to provide a quiet, inviting, respectful, and nurturing space for creative individuals looking for uninterrupted time to focus on their craft.

There are just five individuals in residence at a time: one poet, one prose writer, one photographer or filmmaker, and two visual artists. Each group of five arrives and departs at the same time.

We believe in and value a diverse community of creative individuals. To that end, we hope that all artists and writers feel welcome to apply for a residency, regardless of one’s level of education, experience, race, age, sex, religious belief, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or national origin.

ACCESSIBILITY: We welcome applications from artists and writers with physical disabilities. Our accessible addition, completed in 2021, includes a private accessible living space with a roll-in shower, a private accessible studio (for a visual artist or writer), a shared accessible kitchen and dining area, accessible laundry facilities, and an adjoining private suite for a personal care assistant if needed.

Dates for our 2027 residencies are as follows:

We are offering two residencies specifically for: (1) artists and writers who are parents with at least one dependent child under the age of 18, and (2) artists and writers who are full-time caregivers (regardless of the age of their dependent) These shorter one-week sessions are as follows:

Thursday - Thursday, May 13 - May 20

Monday - Monday, September 20 - September 27

(Please note: these residencies are designed to be a period of solitude and focus for the individual artist or writer; as such, we ask that children, dependents, and other family members remain home.)

Our four-week residencies:

Monday – Monday, May 24 – June 21

Monday – Monday, June 28 – July 26

Our three-week residency:

Monday – Monday, August 2 - August 23

Our two-week residencies:

Monday – Monday, October 4 - 18

Monday – Monday, October 25 - November 8